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Trouble swallowed. If this went wrong, it would be the end for him, Pine, and Holly. He could see Holly, tied to a shuttle. Such a short distance away.

"Ready to rescue your girlfriend?"

Trouble turned around. Pine was standing behind him, holding a uniform. The plan was, Trouble would dress in the uniform and rescue Holly, while Pine posed as a high ranked official and attempted to find out the army's exact plans. Not very detailed, but it might work. Hopefully.

Trouble pulled the uniform on. He took a breath and walked out. Nobody paid attention to him. Except Holly. She saw him and made hand motions. Pretending to not pay attention, he turned around. Pine was walking towards the officials. Hopefully he got out.

He returned his focus to Holly, and started walking to her. He sat next to her and fiddled with the handcuffs, as she whispered to him.

"No, Trouble, go away!"

"Why would I do that?"

"They are looking for imposters, and nobody is supposed to go near me!"

"It'll only take a minute."

"No, Trubs, listen to me. People are looking at you already. The only reason I'm alive is because Jefferson Hazel wanted it. He already tried to kill you before! Get away!"

Trouble looked around and saw she was right. Many people were looking at him.

"She was fiddling with the handcuffs. I was instructed to make sure they were still on right."

It was a pathetic lie, but a lot of these people were goblins, after all. Knowing his time before an intelligent person came along was limited, he started pressing buttons on the handcuffs rapidly. Maybe, if he was lucky, he would get it right.

A miracle occurred then. The handcuffs popped open.

"Come on, Holly! Hurry!"

She wasn't gonna argue with him now. Jumping to her feet, she ran off right behind Trouble.

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Holly knew she shouldn't stop. But if they were trapped right outside the camp without a weapon, they could get captured again. She allowed an unfortunate gnome to stop her, and turned around. She simultaneously grabbed his gun and kneed him in an unpleasant place. Not bothering with her anymore he let her go, and she ran after Trouble.

But her pause cost her. A much larger human grabbed her wrist. Then gun dropped at her feet, worthless. Trouble sensed something was wrong and turned around. He ran behind the human, and she kicked him the gun. Within seconds the human was on the ground, and Holly was free. They had taken the gun, of course. While hiding in the bushes, they had a conversation.

"Did you have to do that?"

"Well we needed a weapon."

"We could have gotten one after."

"Well you weren't exactly being careful today. Why are we waiting here anyways?"

"We need to wait for Pine."

"Pine?"

"Right, you don't know him. He's a goblin that's been helping me. He rescued me from the chute."

"A goblin?"

"You'll understand when you meet him."

"Well where is he?"

Before Trouble could answer, a commotion erupted over by the officials. Holly saw a goblin running out towards them. The mysterious Pine. He managed to shoot a couple officials with a stolen gun, but he couldn't get all of them. An elf shot him in the back, and Pine fell down.

Well I got another chapter up. All characters and other stuffs besides the plot and Pine belong to Eoin Colfer. M ore up soon! Please review!